The yellowish flower in front of her was astonishing. The child had never seen flowers before, so it was odd. It was.. beautiful! The little child titled her head in slow motion while forming her lips into a silent ‘o’ in admiration. That plant was bound to have very strong magical powers that could heal anything. The child was not aware of the fact that it was merely a common flower, and that the pack had stacks of them dried and ready for use, so there was no use for it. Noir had seen some of the medicine plants, but many of them had been dry, and therefore the child was not able to recognize it as the same plant. Right now it was a new and exciting discovery that would cure whatever it might be. The girl was completely convinced she had found a true treasure in medicine. The child gently grabbed hold of the flower and pulled it up with the whole root following. Whee. She ran blindly forward, beaming with satisfaction. Oh, there was more! One more flower was pulled up with a piece of root and soil following. A grass looked promising and magical. Soon the child had her whole mouth full of definitely magical herbs that would heal the whole wide world.

The child was about to turn to go home, until she saw the strange, oval things on the forest floor. The Aston girl let go of the weed and lowered her little and black nose to give the things a sniff. They did not smell much, and they were slightly soft. And.. Her nose was pulled back by sheer shock when the white and gray thing had seemed to move. It was surely not an animal! It had no eyes and no mouth, how could it be alive and move!? The child threw a look around, wondering if somehow her sister or one of her brother was playing a weird trick on her. The world around her was quiet, with the exception of pretty bird song. She loved the mornings. The birds were singing and the air was fresh, and the world was pretty to look at. She dared herself to sniff the egg-shaped object again. Then something else happened, that made her fall down on her fat little bum. She could see it moving. Barely, as if there was something trapped inside it. Was she to call for help? Magic rocks, maybe they could heal people?

The innocent girl took the strange thing in her mouth, being extremely careful so that her sharp milk teeth did not pierce the rock, which felt strangely soft and weird. Well, magic rocks were not normal rocks, so there! She beamed, so proud that she was going to save the world. The ‘herbs’ and flowers (some of the plants she had gathered actually were plants that could be used for medicine, but most of it was merely weed and grass) were left behind, and she promised herself that she would pick it up later. Thing was that the little girl did not dare to take everything in her mouth at once. She wished she was big and could walk on two legs like her mother, but that too seemed to be something that came with age. Sigh, why was she so small and tiny! It was not fair how slowly she developed. She was not a runt, but the child had noticed that she was probably the smallest puppy in her litter. Not fair, because she was certain she was the one that wanted to grow up the most!

Closer and closer, and her ears started to flatten when he did not slow down. She couldn’t say anything because she had the magic rock in her mouth. She kept her faith in her own importance, though, so he knew she was there! He stopped right before she was stepped on, and looked down at her with something that seemed like a sort of surprise and/or annoyance. Noir did not pick up the annoyance part though, only the surprised look when he looked down to her. The girl wagged her tail, a silent greeting. He smelled a bit weird, but he was here, so he was family. They were all a big family here in the place called Aniwaya. He had pretty eyes. At least Noir thought so, and she was about to tell him so when the extremely big man began to talk. What was Noir doing? What? Did he not know that Noir had found something that would cure every sick wolf in the whole world? What had he been doing? He had been walking like someone weird, shaking his rump like a girl! Was he a girl? He had the thing between his legs, just like Attila, Claudius and Dawali, so he was a manthing. This was all so confusing. She would enlighten him. ”I has founded a rock that will make everyone feel good and not sick!” It was so obvious! She carefully laid down the soft thing, and it moved slightly. ”Look, it is magic rock and it is lives and weird.”

The man said something she could not understand, followed by things she did understand. Strange words, but they had sounded pretty. Though, what was an egg? It was clearly a living rock. The little girl was not sure if she understood what the weird man meant, and her kitty smile slowly faded away and was replaced by a slightly unhappy frown that screamed in confusion. ”No.” He clearly had to explain this to her, because she was at a loss. ”Girl man, what are egg? And what are E-G-G?” the child was still small and had troubles learning the content of the language. The word egg and the pronounced letters alone was not the same word in her head. She was only a child, and so far from a bright one. She heard a strange sound, low, but definitely there. She looked down between her front paws where the magic rock rested, and saw that there was a rip in it. She gasped, instantly flattening her light cream ears. Her eyes quickly found the male again. He seemed a bit annoyed, and his bad karma had killed the magic healing rock. If not killed, then damaged it a lot! She let a small, almost nonexistent whine escape out between her lips. Then her ears perked up and registered the low hissing noise that seemed to come from the magic rock. Noir was very confused.

The girl got up on her feet and felt her hackles slowly rise. This always happened when the puppy started to get stressed, which she usually did when confusion got a nice grip on her.

More cracks from the rock and he kept insisting it was an egg, whatever that was. It was true that there seemed to be something inside it, and the girl let her orbs fall down to the grayish white rock thing again. A wicked smile threatened to expand her face, and she poked her nose down against the cracks, eager to investigate the magic abilities that the rock had to offer.